WoRMS taxon details
Edotia montosa (Stimpson, 1853)
157884 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157884)
accepted
Species
Edotea montosa (Stimpson, 1853) · unaccepted (lapsus calami)
Epelys montosa (Stimpson, 1853) · unaccepted (outdated combination)
Epelys montosa hirsuta Harger, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Idotea montosa Stimpson, 1853 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Idotea montosa Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624 [details] 
Depth range 45-50
Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian.
Depth range 45-50 [details]
Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian.
Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian. [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Edotia montosa (Stimpson, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157884 on 2025-08-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Idotea montosa Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624 [details]
original description (of Epelys montosa hirsuta Harger, 1880) Harger, O. (1880). Report on the marine Isopoda of New England and adjacent waters. Report of the Commission for 1878, U.S. <em>Commission of Fish and Fisheries Part 6 (Appendix E).</em> 297-462. [details]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
original description (of Epelys montosa hirsuta Harger, 1880) Harger, O. (1880). Report on the marine Isopoda of New England and adjacent waters. Report of the Commission for 1878, U.S. <em>Commission of Fish and Fisheries Part 6 (Appendix E).</em> 297-462. [details]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
Other
additional source
Schotte, M., J. C. Markham, and G. D. F. Wilson. 2009. Isopoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 973–986 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Idotea montosa Stimpson, 1853) [details]
Syntype (of Epelys montosa hirsuta Harger, 1880), verbatimGeounit USA. Whiting River, ... [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 45-50 [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian. [details]Habitat Found in the sublittoral zone. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 65780 Edotea montosa dorsal at 12x photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 65780 Edotea montosa dorsal head at 25x photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (148 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 002035.CR)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 65780 Edotea montosa dorsal at 12x photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 65780 Edotea montosa dorsal head at 25x photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (148 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 002035.CR)
To ITIS
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